mciver park to feildheimers drift

[BCFISHON1]

I would like to drift the clack this weekend and have never put in at mciver .can anyone give me any info or warn me of any obstacles that are out of the ordinary,I can handle my boat very well.also i am curious if anyone can tell me whats the best way to fish this stretch and how long the drift is.I will have my son with me and it will be his first trip with his new baitcasting rig so i was thinking of pulling plugs or maybee diver and bait any info would be great.

[king fish]

I also would like to try this drift.Hope you get some hits on this subject.As you can see i am from Hubbard. we are almost neighbors. I work in BA on arbor grove. We might even know each other.

[ssteelheadsteve]

Hire a guide or go with someone who has done this section before. Easy place to screw up your boat.
I might be able to show you this section later in the week.If interseted please E-Mail me.

If you make it through the Mine Field without hitting let me know.I have been running the Clack for over 30 years and seldom get thru clean in low water.Low water metal boat ? Plan on hitting.Wear your life jacket on all water you don't know and for sure untill you get past Paradise (homes on river right below McIver).Fishing was slow today.Water is very clear for the Clack.Good Luck.Wear your life jacket !

[NEUTRON]

The lower launch is not that bad, that way
you avoid the "mine field". SSS wants the water
for himself.

[BCFISHON1]

well no one has scared me yet not beven steelie steve i have drifted the wilson from siskyville down,trask in low water,kilchis,clack wiy th low water from feildheimers down and that nasty old molalla so unless anyone can advise me differently you will see the old magnum drifter out there tomorrow. :grin:

[Mad Mikey]

If you put in at the top ramp do it at flows under 4000cfs from River Mill. Go to the far side of the tailout and go the the right of the submerged boulder, pull in front of it and push to the left, avoid the big reversal on the right bank, center your boat and ride the main current on the left at the bottom of the run and pull off the wall, it looks scary but it is not bad. In higher flows push HARD through the waves at the bottom.
The minefield is a bumpy ride, I prefer it at higher flows. Once you get past the tailout at Dog Creek stay left and park your boat against the gravel bar where the water from the left channel is crossing over. Walk down and scout it. In flows around 3000cfs you can sneak down the left bank, one good drop where you might bang it then dodge the boulders in that pool and sneak just to the left of the square moss covered rock on your right, then you are done. Get your butt over to the right as quick as possible and everything else is a piece of cake. In lower flows you can rope your boat along the left bank very easily. I do it alot because I'm tired of getting dents in my baby.
Once you drop down over the next gravel bar make sure you plug the left side of the island at the bottom of the straighta-way, it don't look that fishy but it will produce. Below that the right or left channel is passable, if the water is up the next pool on the right will plug nicely, short but can be a sleeper. When you get to where the left and right channels meet up again get your plugs out and work that baby about fifty feet down from the pumphouse just a few yards off the left bank. When you get to the next pool where the lower boat ramp is I would advise taking the left channel. Right side has a neat drift but it will be bumpy getting in and out.

G'luck.

Mad Mikey

[BCFISHON1]

hey Mikey I like it I like it great post sounds like you"ve got it down on that drift and I can hardly wait unfortinatly I will have to do that drift another day the wife caught on to me and said that drift was a no go for the son and I couldnt bear to leave him at home.we will opt for the safer trip to please the gods or in this case the goddess but rest assured i will vow to do the rivermill down drift within the next week

[BUGLEMAN]

I like your quote Neutron.

We should do another drift this winter. The Clack sounds good to me. My boat this time?

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[Ryan Pultz]

BCFISHON1 you need a second person in the boat on the run later this week i am game if i am off i will eather have wensday or thursday. I have never drifted that river but when i lived in californa i drifted a lot of rivers i would love to get out and do some fishing from a drift boat. I just got married so i have no chance in buying my owne for a few years.